Rob MarvinEverything Disney Could Add to its New Streaming ServiceDisney’s films, Pixar, Star Wars, the MCU, and maybe X-Men and the 21st Century Fox properties may all be part of Disney’s standalone streaming service launching in 2019.

Given just how many film and television properties, iconic characters, and franchises Disney owns, the company is sitting on a veritable Scrooge McDuck-sized content vault (including the extremely good rebooted DuckTales series, of course) from which to either develop new content or simply stockpile its streaming catalog.

Let's break down what we might find on Disney's streaming service, which will now likely include content from 21st Century Fox. Disney's $52.4 billion acquisition of 21st Century Fox, while likely to face intense regulatory scrutiny, means everyone from the X-Men to The Simpsons are now Disney characters.

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Walt Disney Animation

Let's start with the classics. Disney chief Bob Iger said the service will feature older films and more than more 400 titles from the Disney library, the crown jewels of which are the animated tentpoles—from Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs, Dumbo, and Fantasia to Cinderella, Peter Pan, Beauty and the Beast, The Little Mermaid, Aladdin, and of course The Lion King. Don't forget about newer hits like Zootopia and Moana (which Netflix will soon lose), Big Hero 6, Wreck-It Ralph, and Frozen. There are plenty of lesser-remembered films to round out the catalog, too. Personally, I've always had a soft spot for Disney's dark ‘80s flopThe Black Cauldron.

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Walt Disney Studios

It's worth noting some of the non-animated properties the studio owns as well, including the Pirates of the Caribbean franchise, The Muppets, Tron, The Wizard of Oz universe, and the National Treasure films. You can bet Nicolas Cage would jump onboard a streaming-exclusive sequel.

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Pixar

The little animation studio Steve Jobs founded in between Apple stints has been responsible for some of the best animated filmmaking of the past quarter century. The Toy Story trilogy, Finding Nemo, WALL-E, The Incredibles, Ratatouille, and the rest will all be available alongside newer including Inside Out and Coco. Fun fact: offering your opinion on the worst Pixar movie is a great way to start a fight with your friends.

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Lucasfilm and Star Wars

On top of the original Star Wars trilogy, the infamous prequel trilogy, and the current franchise set to add a new chapter this month with Star Wars Episode VIII: The Last Jedi, Disney has a whole Star Wars extended universe to tap. Aside from spin-offs like Rogue One and next year’s Solo, the company announced an all-new trilogy in development under The Last Jedi director Rian Johnson, which will introduce characters from a new corner of the galaxy far, far away. Lucasfilm also comes with the Indiana Jones franchise, by the way. There are also animated series such as Star Wars: The Clone Wars and Disney XD’s Star Wars Rebels, and new films or TV series could continue expanding the universe until it's as expansive as…

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The MCU

The Marvel Cinematic Universe is reaching the height of its converged power just in time for new exclusive content. The first few MCU phases with Cap, Iron Man, Thor, Hulk, Spider-Man, and the rest of the Avengers can fill out a Marvel section of the streaming app all on their own, and Marvel isn't slowing down.

After 2018's Avengers: Infinity War and its 2019 sequel, Phase 4 will kick into gear with a new crop of super heroes. The plans won't include Netflix's Defenders—Daredevil, Jessica Jones, Luke Cage, and Iron Fist, at least not at first—but given Disney's soon-to-be majority Hulu ownership (acquiring Fox's 30 percent stake to add to its existing 30 percent), a tie-in with Runaways may not be out of the question. All of this is without even factoring in exclusive streaming content within the MCU. There's also the new Marvel Risinganimated franchise, which hasn't announced a distribution partner yet but may well end up on Disney's platform as well.

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Disney Channel, Disney Junior, and Disney XD

One of Disney’s target streaming audiences from the get-go will be kids. In addition to its animated films and Pixar catalog, the service will house all the series and characters from its kids channels, meaning re-runs of Even Stevens and Lizzie McGuire alongside current programming like DuckTales, and of course Mickey Mouse’s original gang of iconic characters. This is fertile ground for original shows, but I’m more excited about having access to deep vault dives like old episodes of Darkwing Duck.

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ABC?

Disney also owns the ABC Network. Iger said the network's shows aren't coming to the streaming platform (especially since most ABC shows are already available on Hulu) but in time that could change. In that eventuality, the streaming service could offer current hits like Black-ish,Modern Family, and Scandal alongside binge-able fare such as Lost and Scrubs, and even classic sitcoms from ABC's past including Happy Days, Three's Company, and The Brady Bunch.

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Upcoming Films

One important note about upcoming theatrical releases: Iger said Disney's big tentpole releases will go to theaters first, and won't appear on the streaming service for a significant period of time. That said, we'll ultimately see upcoming films such as the live-action reboots of Mulan and the Lion King, sequels like Toy Story 4, The Incredibles 2, and Ralph Breaks the Internet: Wreck-It Ralph 2, plus potential futures franchises including Artemis Fowl and Ava DuVernay's A Wrinkle in Time.

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Original Movies and Shows

Disney plans to develop around five original films per year, and has already announced new TV series set in the Star Wars and Marvel universes, plus adaptations of Monsters, Inc. and High School Musical. As for what other original content might hit the platform, see the catalog above.

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X-Men

Now that the 21st Century Fox deal is official, we can have a lot of fun with these last few slides. First and foremost, X-Men. Wolverine, Professor X, Magneto, and the gang will finally reunite with the rest of the MCU as well as fan favorites like Ryan Reynolds' Deadpool, who I'd love to see trade quips with Paul Rudd's Ant-Man. We'll also inevitably see yet another Fantastic Four reboot, along with some fun questions about Chris Evans continuity.

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FX and FXX

In my opinion, FX has gone toe-to-toe with HBO in recent years as the best premium cable network. Disney's streaming service would add critically acclaimed shows like The Americans, Fargo, Atlanta, and X-Men spin-off Legion as well as popular anthologies such as American Horror Story and American Crime Story, not to mention binge-friendly comedies like It's Always Sunny in Philadelphia and The League. The list goes on and on, but FX would be a huge get for the streaming platform. Twenty-First Century Fox also owns National Geographic, by the way.

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A Whole Lot of Movies and TV

The Fox deal will result in a windfall of film franchises and potential reboots including Avatarand its perpetually in-development sequels, the Alien franchise, Die Hard, Home Alone, Ice Age, Night at the Museum, Planet of the Apes, Predator, and plenty more. Don't forget about Fox's TV production companies included in the deal, which means Homer Simpson and the gang are now Disney characters, too.

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